HONORING THE PAST AND BUILDING A FUTURE

2013 ANNUAL REPORT LEGAL AID SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS James L. Weatherly, Jr. Stanley D. Darnell President Diane Davis John T. Blankenship 1st Vice President Robert Allen Dickens Robert J. Martineau, Jr. Trudy M. Edwards 2nd Vice President Richard K. Evans J. Andrew Goddard Barbara Fisher 3rd Vice President G. Wilson Horde Turner McCullough, Jr. Secretary Caroline E. Knight Charles K. Grant Lou Lavender Treasurer Tessa N. Lawson Susan L. Kay Past President Judy A. Oxford Charles H. Warfield N. Houston Parks Executive Committee - Member at Large Teresa Poston Toni Boss Adrie Mae Rhodes Melanie T. Cagle Steve Rhodey Cynthia A. Cheatham Walter H. Stubbs Tove Christmon Latonya L. Todd

NASHVILLE PRO BONO PROGRAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Thor Y. Urness, Chair Chancellor Carol McCoy Michael S. Peek, Secretary Lauren Paxton Roberts Martha L. Boyd Robyn L. Ryan Richard A. Green John R. Tarpley Susan L. Kay Charles A. Traughber Mark Manner James L. Weatherly, Jr.

2 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dear Colleagues:

We took a moment this year to look back at the last 44 years of work by Legal Aid Society – more than four decades of striving for equal justice for all. In our efforts to secure justice, we found we have been producing ripples of hope. Through the years, we have sent out thousands of ripples, and at times, enormous waves of hope for our clients. We built on the work of the attorneys who started their careers here and moved on – and those who continue to fight for fairness with Legal Aid Society. This past year, as in every year in our history, we protected the vulnerable, including children, seniors, veterans and military families, people with disabilities and victims of domestic violence. The goal remains the same: to achieve justice. With your loyal support for our work, we continue to send forth ripples and waves of hope.

The work of our staff, pro bono attorneys, donors and volunteers allowed us to help people in 7,709 cases in 2013. Throughout this book, you will find stories of the people we helped, the staff that obtained justice, and the future we are building to deliver more justice.

With continued thanks,

Gary D. Housepian Executive Director, Legal Aid Society

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

Dear Friends:

Each year Legal Aid Society works to ensure fairness for all people in the civil justice system. Each year we fight for a level playing field by providing free legal assistance to those in need. This important work is made possible by many generous donations of time and money.

Over its 40-plus year history, Legal Aid Society has helped thousands of people with low incomes experience equal access to justice. Our employees and volunteers work tirelessly, and they are making a difference in people’s lives even more so today than the day the organization began.

Thank you for your support along this journey. We will never stop the fight.

James L. Weatherly, Jr. President, Legal Aid Society Board of Directors

3 “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope…” - Robert F. Kennedy

Our history is a part of us, and Legal Aid Society’s history is the story of people – community leaders, leading attorneys and everyday folk – who refused to accept a society where access to justice is available only to those who can afford it. MAKING A DIFFERENCE YESTERDAY, TODAY & TOMORROW

Today, you can find these people throughout Middle Tennessee, those who helped Legal Aid Society develop over the last 44 years. Some are philanthropists who continue to work for justice through many avenues, including our organization. Some began their careers here and then put their talents and passion to work elsewhere in the community. Others have invested decades of their legal careers as Legal Aid Society attorneys, on the front lines of our continual push for equal justice. Many others have allowed us to expand our reach by volunteering their services as pro bono lawyers.

Thanks to the work of hundreds across the decades and to the continuing commitment today of many, Legal Aid Society is still making history.

EDUCATION. Through walk-in clinics, self-help brochures and the People’s Law School, Legal Aid Society gives people access to the knowledge they need to level the playing field. Clinics give clients a chance to bring their specific problem to an attorney, while our downloadable self-help brochures cover important topics including Medicaid, Social Security, landlord/tenant issues, long-term care options, consumer bankruptcy, immigration and power of attorney/ conservatorship. The People’s Law School, an initiative expanded in Nashville in 2013, takes lawyers into classrooms to teach participants the basics of legal problems.

REPRESENTATION. Legal Aid Society provides direct legal representation in civil cases to people who cannot afford an attorney. This direct help from 30 staff attorneys goes to all kinds of people with low incomes – from children to the elderly, the homeless to veterans, domestic violence victims to people with disabilities, and more.

PRO BONO WORK. Legal Aid Society provides many opportunities for attorneys to help clients through pro bono cases. The Nashville Pro Bono Program, serving Davidson and Williamson counties, is one of the best examples in the country of how partnerships with law firms can be developed to provide free legal assistance to the most vulnerable in our communities. 4 CELEBRATING THE WORK OF 2013 We have continued our commitment to helping people who have nowhere else to turn. In 2013, our efforts led to $15,860,600 in free legal advice and representation.

A Glance at Our Work in 2013: $15,860,600 market value of advice and 30,279 legal self-help brochures distributed and representation from staff 221,637 downloaded from our website 18,270 requests for assistance 97 pro bono clinics held throughout our 7,709 cases handled for low-income people service area 500 domestic violence cases closed Over 1,800 clients assisted at pro bono clinics More than 800 families obtained affordable housing 150 community education presentations given on or received help needed to keep their homes civil legal issues At least 300 people received help preparing 6,362 people attended community education end-of-life documents presentations At least 225 people received assistance with $3,311,291 obtained in federal income tax benefits employment issues for low-income families through the Tennessee $247,805 recovered from the IRS Taxpayer Project

Types of Legal Issues Addressed in 2013

28% Family 11% Consumer 14% Income maintenance 16% Housing 12% Miscellaneous (education, juvenile, legal assistance to nonprofits, licenses, municipal needs, other miscellaneous) 5% Employment 7% Health 7% Wills/estates, advance directives/powers of attorney

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” - William Shakespeare 5 MAKING A DIFFERENCE TODAY: 2013 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

Legal Aid Society and the Nashville Community Education Commission offered 19 free legal classes to 169 attendees through the People’s Law School program.

Baptist Healing Trust provided $55,000 to continue supporting the Middle Tennessee Medical-Legal Partnership, which includes the United Neighborhood Health Services clinic and Vanderbilt University’s Shade Tree Clinic, which is run by medical and law students.

Legal Aid Society improved on its partnership with Operation Stand Down Nashville by becoming a subgrantee for legal work for 75 veterans and their families. We continue to host a monthly walk-in clinic at OSDN for veterans. Nashville attorney Katie Evans Moss teaches a class for People’s Law School. The Tullahoma office of Legal Aid Society continued providing services in four judicial districts in divorce cases through a $12,000 grant from the Administrative Office of the Courts.

Legal Aid Society received a $1,000 grant from the Allegra Print & Imaging of Nashville FootPRINT® Fund to support print communications services.

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County granted Legal Aid Society $178,600 to provide legal assistance to victims of domestic violence.

The Tennessee Taxpayer Project of Legal Aid Society received $100,000 from the Internal Revenue Service. Kristen Keely-Dinger and Jennifer Oldham present a check on behalf of Baptist Healing Trust to Legal Aid Society Executive Director Gary Housepian. The Joe C. Davis Foundation provided $2,500 in funding for the Middle Tennessee Medical-Legal Partnership.

PICA donated $300 to Legal Aid Society and provided a group of volunteers for a community education project.

United Ways serving Anderson, Bedford, Cannon, Davidson, Franklin, Houston, Humphreys, Lincoln, Macon, Maury, Montgomery, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson counties granted Legal Aid Society almost $170,000 for legal assistance to people in those communities.

At the fourth annual Legal Aid Society Bob Sullivan Memorial Breakfast, Kevin PICA volunteers helped Legal Aid Society with a community Doherty, partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, received the second education project. Bob Sullivan Service Award which honors those in the entertainment realm who have provided significant assistance to Legal Aid Society.

6 “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” –Nelson Mandela

NALS…Association of Legal Professionals, Nashville Chapter raised $3,350 for Legal Aid Society during its first annual NALS After Hours Silent Auction.

Legal Aid Society joined five other Nashville-based legal organizations to provide a Day of Service for the Nashville community with more than 50 lawyers on hand throughout the city giving free legal advice on one day.

Legal Aid Society joined the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) and the mayor’s New Americans Advisory Council to sponsor a Become a Citizen Now workshop that assisted over 80 immigrants.

Tina Boone, PLS; Donice Alford, PP, PLS; NALS President Tiffany Burford Taylor; Sharon Smith; and Theresa Marchese, PLS present a EMPLOYEE STORY check to Gary Housepian. Sharmila Murthy Reaching Out to Our Community

Sharmila Murthy championed immigration issues during her years at Legal Aid Society. As a Skadden Fellow, she represented immigrants, refugees and other individuals from poor and marginalized communities, primarily in housing and consumer cases. She also created the HCA employees helped Legal Aid Society during the annual HCA Refugee and Immigrant Partnership Project for Community Day of Caring. Legal Empowerment and served in a leadership role at the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC). Sharmila has gone on to become an assistant professor at Suffolk University Law School and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Legal Aid Society has continued working with TIRRC to help immigrants find a path to legal citizenship. In 2013, Legal Aid Society and Nashville Pro Bono Program lawyers staffed two “Become a Citizen Now” events with TIRRC. Bob Sullivan Service Award winner Kevin Doherty and Gary The events helped more than 80 immigrants file Housepian at the Bob Sullivan Memorial Breakfast. naturalization petitions. 7 RECOGNIZING A BRIGHT FUTURE: 2013 STAFF AND BOARD MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Claire Abely joined the Nashville office as a staff attorney in the Derria Ford joined Legal Aid Society (LAS) as grant administrator. consumer and housing section. LAS board member Charles Grant took office as president of the Nashville 2013 Community Campaign Chair and Community Advisory Council Bar Association, becoming the first African American president in the member Vic Alexander was named one of the Top 10 Power Leaders in association’s 182-year history. Charles also received the A.A. Birch Accounting by the Nashville Business Journal. He is a third time winner. Outstanding Public Service Award from the Napier-Looby Bar Foundation.

Nashville Pro Bono Program (NPBP) board member Martha Boyd was Iska Hoole joined LAS as managing attorney of the Tullahoma office. Iska included in the 2014 edition of Best Lawyers in America. had previously worked in our Murfreesboro office from 1998-2003.

Murfreesboro Managing Attorney Andrae Crismon graduated from Cherrelle Hopper, Gallatin staff attorney, was named to the governing Leadership Middle Tennessee. He was also named a finalist for the board for VSA Tennessee. Nashville Emerging Leader Awards and to the Matthew Walker Governing Board for the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center. Gary Housepian, executive director of LAS, was chosen to participate in Baptist Healing Trust’s Executive Peer Circle Program. Jean Crowe received the Ashley T. Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year award from the Tennessee Bar Association. LAS board member Caroline Knight graduated from the Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law program. 2013 Large Firm Co-Chair Dan Elrod was named 2013 Mid-South Super

Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine for health care. Barbara Gunn Lartey joined the Nashville office as victim advocate.

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” - Walt Disney

8 EMPLOYEE RECOGNIZING A BRIGHT FUTURE: STORY R.B.J. Campbelle, Jr. 2013 STAFF AND BOARD MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS Promoting Dignity and Mentoring

Murfreesboro attorney Aimee Luna was elected District 7 representative In 1956, R.B.J. Campbelle, for the Tennessee Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division. Jr. was the first African American graduate of the University of LAS board member Bob Martineau received a 2013 Good Guy Award from Tennessee College of Law, having entered the Women’s Political Collaborative of Tennessee. the program a year before the landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Whitney McFalls, victim advocate, was hired by the city of Nashville as In 1960, as part of a team of 13 attorneys, the city’s first domestic violence coordinator. R.B.J. represented 81 Nashville student civil rights activists who had been peacefully NPBP board member Mark Manner was named to the Nashville Business conducting a sit-in when they were taunted, Journal’s Best of the Bar. Mark was also honored by Chambers USA. attacked and beaten. On Feb. 3, 1969, R.B.J. continued his leadership by helping Clarksville Staff Attorney Rachel Moses received the American Bar open the first office of Legal Services of Association (ABA) Young Lawyers Division (YLD) National Outstanding Nashville, the predecessor to Legal Aid Young Lawyer Award. Rachel also was elected vice president of the Society of Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division and will serve Cumberlands. He supervised and mentored as president-elect in 2014 and president in 2015. She also served as current Legal Aid Society Loewenstein president of the Putnam County Bar Association during 2013. Chair attorney David Tarpley who said: “He was a kind and good natured boss, and an Janet Mynatt was promoted to managing attorney of the Oak Ridge office. astute lawyer. He taught others a lot about the human side of law practice, especially in dealing with clients and other lawyers.”

Tullahoma Staff Attorney Rae Anne Seay was named vice president of the Tennessee Joint Task Force on Children’s Justice and Child Sexual Abuse. The University of Tennessee College of Law honored R.B.J. for his exemplary Audrey Seamon joined the Nashville office as a staff attorney in the family service to equality with the creation of law section. R.B.J. Campbelle, Jr. Award, which annually recognizes an alumnus who personifies the Nicole Sibilski joined LAS as grant writer. quest for equality and justice. Additionally, Middle Tennessee State University Nashville Staff Attorney David Tarpley was a finalist for the 2013 Best of remembers R.B.J.’s contribution to law with Bar Award from the Nashville Business Journal. an annual scholarship.

Joshua Thomas joined the Columbia office as staff attorney. Since its inception, Legal Aid Society has advocated justice for all, treated clients with NPBP Board Chair and 2013 Campaign Chair Thor Urness was named dignity and promoted significant advocacy Litigation Star in the 2014 edition of the Benchmark Litigation Guide to for our clients’ most pressing legal needs. America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys. We make this a priority every day.

9 ENCOURAGING GROWTH: THE 2013 CAMPAIGN FOR EQUAL JUSTICE We exceeded our goal of $760,000 for the 2013 Campaign for Equal Justice, in large part due to the generosity and hard work of the volunteers and donors in our 48-county service area. The 2013 campaign raised $766,151.

We are extremely grateful for the time and dedication given by the 2013 campaign committee and their efforts in raising money for Legal Aid Society.

Corporate Chair Rachel A. Seifert, Community Health Systems

Williamson County Chair Tara L. Swafford, The Swafford Law Firm

Clarksville Chair Mark A. Rassas, Rassas, North & Associates

Columbia Chair

The Leadership Cabinet Patrick M. Carter, Hardin, Parkes, Kelley, Carter & Bryant

2013 Campaign Chair Cookeville Chair Thor Y. Urness, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings William F. Roberson, Jr.

Community Chair Gallatin Chair Vic Alexander, KraftCPAs Walter H. Stubbs

Large Firm Co-Chairs Murfreesboro Chair Dan H. Elrod, Butler Snow, and B. Riney Green, Bass, Berry & Sims Kirk D. Catron, McCarter, Catron & East

Small Firm Co-Chairs Oak Ridge Chair: George H. Buxton III, Buxton Law Firm Edgar M. Rothschild, Rothschild & Ausbrooks, and Emily A. Shouse, Waddey & Patterson Tullahoma Co-Chairs Ralph McBride, Jr. - Bedford County Government Chair Robert A. Croy - Coffee County Henry A. Martin, Federal Public Defender J. Mark Stewart, Stewart & Stewart - Franklin and Grundy counties Randall E. Self - Lincoln County Judges Co-Chairs John P. Partin, Galligan & Newman - Warren County Chancellor Carol L. McCoy, 20th Judicial District Part II, and Judge Daniel B. Eisenstein, Davidson County General Sessions Court Div. II

10 “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” - Mother Teresa

BUILDING ON A STRONG FOUNDATION: VOLUNTEER WORK

NASHVILLE We are always looking for ways to increase the amount In 2013, the Nashville Pro Bono Program of service we can provide and people we can reach. had a record breaking 931 volunteer attorneys handle 2,883 cases. The As in many years before, volunteer support from our program added 93 new attorneys. offices and the Nashville Pro Bono Program made that

The Nashville office coordinated 72 clinics possible in 2013. attended by 1,721 people. Thanks to those who have taken the time to help support In its final year as the Nashville Pro Bono Program, Nashville attorneys worked Tennesseans in need. You help us provide justice to more 6,023.42 pro bono hours, equating to people each year. roughly $1,054,098.50 in free legal help. In 2014 and moving forward, Legal Aid Society’s pro bono work will be provided In 2013, a total of 963 pro bono attorneys (representing through the Volunteer Lawyers Program – a a 3% increase) donated 6,451.63 hours of service, new regional program designed to connect handled 2,935 cases and provided free legal help worth volunteer attorneys with clients throughout our 48-county service area. $1,617,212 throughout our 48-county service area.

11 LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND THE CUMBERLANDS STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

DECEMBER 31, 2013 and 2012

2013 2012 ASSETS Cash $ 297,077 $ 841,054 Investments 4,608,305 3,648,135 Accounts Receivable 3,760 18,734 Federal, State and Local Grants Receivable 106,118 112,504 Contributions Receivable 553,354 495,692 Prepaid Expenses 25,741 80,504 Property and Equipment, Net 296,313 253,459 Client Escrow Funds 26,169 29,723

TOTAL ASSETS $ 5,916,837 $ 5,479,805

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS LIABILITIES Accounts Payable $ 43,695 $ 30,656 Accrued Expenses and Other 428,801 372,837 Client Escrow Deposits 26,169 29,723

TOTAL LIABILITIES 498,665 433,216

NET ASSETS Unrestricted: Undesignated 2,750,498 2,709,032 Designated for 2014 Operations 276,193 - Designated for Property and Equipment 296,313 253,459

Total Unrestricted 3,323,004 2,962,491

Temporarily Restricted 2,095,168 2,084,098

TOTAL NET ASSETS 5,418,172 5,046,589

TOTAL LIABILITY AND NET ASSETS $ 5,916,837 $ 5,479,805

The financial statements of Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands for the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were audited by KraftCPAs, PPC. The audit was completed on April 22, 2014 and in the opinion of the auditors, these financial statements represent fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. Copies of the complete sets of financial statements, including all footnotes, may be obtained from the Nashville office of Legal Aid Society. 12 VOLUNTEERS

The following people donated their time (often in more than one service area) to assist with administrative duties to further the mission of Legal Aid Society. We thank them for their dedication and assistance. Please accept our apologies for any omissions.

CLARKVILLE Susan Creavin John Davidson Jennifer Mosey NASHVILLE Bill O’Bryan Eva Baker Kathryn Haywood Rose Danielle Drago Theeda Murphy PHONATHON Mike Peek Casey Bearden Shania Dannenmueller Christopher Draughn Cynthia Munoz Justin Adams Sarah Richter Perky Josie Beets Perris Brittany Edmondson Jennifer Mustain George Bishop Justin Pitt Melissa Kohlman Amanda Martin Erin Edgell Jason Pachter Michael Byrnes Erica Reed Mike Sandler Eljay Elia Maxwell Palmer Stuart Campbell Edgar Rothschild COLUMBIA Debriena Settles John Elrod Natasha Parker Vivek Chandra Chris Schmidt Henry Ambrose Jake Stein Tracey Epperson Teressa Parker Bethany Clark Emily Shouse Matthew Taylor Angie Fernandez Andrea Patton Chase Cole Matt Sweeney COOKEVILLE Katie Underwood Mary Fleming Melissa Pazdro Deb Cooper Keith Thompson James Bush Gretchen Wilson Joy Gallagher Paul Pope Alicia Cottrell Byron Trauger Matt Curtis Thomas Gardner Brianna Powell Caitlyn Davie Thor Urness Richard Graves NASHVILLE PRO BONO Matthew Gaske Kristie Putman Jim DeLanis Bill Walton Madison Rinio PROGRAM Amanda Gentry Geoff Pyle Judy Dobbins Bill West Billy Segers Sandra Abernathy Alethia Gilmenakis Megan Pyle Mike Dreyfuss Stephen Young Lara Assaf Lori Gonzalez Jeanette Ramer Brian Ewald Frank Ziegler GALLATIN Shetima Baugh Dilia Gonzalez-Mann Kimberlee Robinson Kerry Ewald Jonathan Adams Seanna Brandmeir Robyn Grant Jean Rodby Pete Ezell OAK RIDGE Debbie Ament de Nunez Alexandra Briesemeister William Spencer Green Kim Rowland Tom Forrester Karen Anderson Liane Fleshman Katori Brown Davis Griffin Celia Sanchez Bob Goodrich Ting Cheng Rachel Foster David Bujdos Mary Julia Hannon Maria Sanchez Riney Green Eugene J. Choi

“The help I received from Legal Aid was wonderful. There aren’t words to describe this organization – only praise and admiration: excellent!! Janet (Mynatt, Managing Attorney) is so professional and knowledgeable, courteous and compassionate. JANET/LEGAL AID SAVED MY HOME; SAVED MY LIFE. I’ll always be grateful for the help I received from Legal Aid. I’ll never forget you.” – Oak Ridge client

Maria Genoveva Kristina Cadovec Marti Hayden Ann Sharfner Carol Hendry Joy Henderson Luna Rosales Sheila Callaway Kerry Henson Andrea Sinclair Martha Henley David Hughes Kim Rowland Carlos Chavez-Brin Nicole James Sandra Sinclair Kevin Howard Trina Hughes Amy Weaver Chantel Christian William Jones Dana Smith Ben Huddleston Christina Magrans Christina Zeidan Jasmine Church Bethany Kesler Alexandra Spartz Stacie Jacobs Vincent Nord John Church Natey Kinzounza Jacob Stafford Nicole James Melissa Owens MURFREESBORO Mary Church Shana Light Jessica Stafford Lynda Jones Gwen Boyd Ryan Claxton Rebecca Loegering Jennifer Stevenson Hart Knight TULLAHOMA Caleb Brooks Dominique Coats Kaitlin Lolie Callie Still Alex Koval Connie Beal Trent Craig Kris Collier Kelsey Magnuson Jane Stumpf Kim Looney Ann Crane Brenda Crismon Ashley Connell Lindsey Martin Elizabeth Swenson Iva Mackie Katherine Knies I’Ashea Dihigo Adrienne Coronado Rob Martin Aimee Tenaglia Nancy MacLean Ruth McNatt Charles Ferguson Michael Cottone Redmond McGrath Melinda Torres Ashley Markham Keith Minor Trent Craig Dana Meadows Kurt Vincent Anne Martin Chris Cronk Denise Mitchell Zellena Weakley John McLemore NASHVILLE Lawrence Crane- Deondra Moore Vakeyda White Steve Meyer Diana Bradford Moscowitz Lawrence Moore Shekenah Whitney Lisa Miller Melissa Burnett Donna Crim Morgan Morrison Sharon Muller

13 PRO BONO ATTORNEY HONOR ROLL The following people have donated their time and legal talents (often in more than one service area) to further the mission of Legal Aid Society. We thank them for their dedication and assistance. Please accept our apologies for any omissions.

Tara Aaron Gary Beasley James Bristol Susan Castle Gina Crawley Michael Dreyfuss Michael Abelow Caroline Beauchamp Davidson Broemel Pretial Caston Lymari Cromwell Paul Drozdowski Joanie Abernathy L. Russell Belk, Jr. Jennifer Brooks Andrew Cate Diane Crosier Alexandra Dugan Diane Adams Mark Bell Brian Browder Charles Caudill Alexandra Cross Kelly Duggan Justin Adams William Benjamin, Jr. Amanda Brown Vivekanand Chandra Robert Croy Charles Duke Gareth Aden Erin Bennett Cory Brown David Changas Joseph P. Crump, Jr. Anthony Duncan Joshua Adkins Daniel Berexa Jamie Brown Cynthia Chappell Shannon Crutcher Christina Duncan Antonio Aguilar Angela Bergman Wesley Bryant Cynthia Cheatham Brian Cummings Jad Duncan Jessie Ray Akers Lori Bervoets Alexander Buchanan J. Taylor Chenery Matthew Curley Bonnie Dunlop Marshall Albritton Cort Bethmann Bruce Buchanan Jeremy Cherry Lauren Curry Christopher Dunn Sawnie Aldredge Tyson Bickley Charles Buckholts Nathaniel Cherry James Curtis Joel Eckert Britton Allan Robert Bigelow Leigh Buie Mitchell Chessman Fred Dance Meredith Edwards Jeffrey Allen Lisa Binder Joshua Burgener Martha Child Clint Daniel Steven Eisen Connie Allison Gary Blackburn Derek Burks Demeka Church Srijita Dasgupta Stephen Elliott Melanie Anderson J. Matthew Blackburn Lewis G. Burnett, Jr. Glen Civitts Paul Davidson Shawna Elrod Robert A. Anderson Lillian Blackshear John Burns Terry Clayton Phillip Davidson David Esquivel Stacey Marie Angello Paula Blair Robert Burns Stephen Cobb Caitlyn Davie Tom Estes James Arena Robert Blanchfield George Buxton Jonathan Cole R.E. Lee Davies J. Preston Evans Carla Arevalo Michelle Blaylock-Howser Jean Byassee Todd Cole Stephen Davis Mary Arline Evans Tranny Arnold IV Michael B. Bligh Andrew W. Byrd, Jr. JoAnn Coleman James DeLanis Richard Evans Mabel Arroyo Colby Block Melanie Totty Cagle Joshua Coles Louis DeMarco Mary Katherine Everett Gail Ashworth Wesley Blumenshine Karen Cain Michael Colliflower David Deming J. Spencer Fair Mary Beth Ausbrooks Timothy Bobo Yvette Cain Caldwell Collins Emily Dennis D. Alexander Fardon Hannah Ayers Cynthia Bohn Rodney Caldwell J. Michael Combs Joshua Denton John L. Farringer IV Bahar Azhdari Charles Robert Bone T. William Caldwell Virginia Connell A. Scott Derrick Jennifer Faucett John H. Bailey III David Bordenkircher David J. Callahan III Charles W. Cook III Linda Dickert J. Todd Faulkner Thomas Bailey P. Marlene Boshears A. Stuart Campbell Jennifer Gingery Cook Grant Dickson Kristin Fecteau Scott Baker Luke Bottorff Justin Campbell Robert Cook Jenna Dillier Samuel Felker Stephen Baker Gordon Boutwell L. Webb Campbell II David L. Cooper Peter Dirksen Larry Felts Russell Baldwin James Bowden Patricia Campbell Dixie Cooper Jacqueline Dixon Mart Fendley

“Mr. Pete Frierson (Paralegal/Office Manager,) is veryPROFESSIONAL, KIND, COURTEOUS, AND KNOWLEDGEABLE of the subject matter at hand. I’ll highly recommend his services to family and friends.” – Columbia client

Adam Barber Christopher Bowles Robert R. Campbell, Jr. W. Lee Corbett Dot Dobbins Carla Fenswick Erika Barnes Thomas Boyers V David Cañas Nancy Corley Brian Dobbs Vania Fider Keta Barnes Jamaal Boykin Grayson Cannon Thomas Corts David Dolan Lisa Fiehweg Cynthia Barnett Diana Bradford Donald Capparella Alicia Cottrell James M. Doran, Jr. Thomas Fielder Jaime Barwig James Bradshaw Christopher Cardwell Wade Cowan David Downard Scott Fielding Ashley Bassel Carol Brass Brigid Carpenter Stephen E. Cox, Jr. J. Cole Dowsley Rebekah Fisher J. Jill Qualls Baxter Thallen Brassel Davis Carr Joseph B. Crace, Jr. Mark Downton Austin Fleishour Teresa Beardsley Craig Brent Michael E. Carr, Jr. Philip Cramer Jessica Doyle James Flexer Andrew Beasley Brandon Brewer Gregory Cashion George V. Crawford, Jr. Thomas Drake Aaron Flinn

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Chandra Flint Harris Gilbert William Harbison Henry Hildebrand John Hugie Philip Kendrick Daniel Flournoy Angus Gillis III Matthew Hardin Wendee Hilderbrand John Hull Cornell Kennedy Shana Fonnesbeck John Gillmor Stephen Hargraves Michael Hinchion Melissa Hull Lauren Kilgore Thomas Forrester Bradley Gilmore Elizabeth Meadows Darwin A. Hindman III Angela Humphreys C. David Killion D. Matthew Foster Grant Glassford Harland W. Dean Hinton Philip Irwin Megan Bradt Killion Mary Foust Mary Gossett Curtis R. Harrington III Henry Hipkens Mark Ison Rocklan King Bradley Frakes Frank Grace, Jr. Fannie Harris Ryan Hoffman April Jackson Cheyanne Kinghorn Mark Fraley Stephen Grace James L. Harris Christian Hofstetter LaJoy Nicole James Sean Kirk Carey Frazier Charles Grant Ronald Harris Travenia Holden Charles Jarboe Thompson Kirkpatrick Anna Freeman Donna Green TaCara Harris Patricia Holder Lisa Jarman John Kitch Mark Freeman Richard Green M. Taylor Harris, Jr. Lela Hollabaugh Stephen Jasper H. Tom Kittrell, Jr. Russell Freeman Riney Green C. Bennett Harrison, Jr. Michael Holley R. Jan Jennings Katie Klinghard Patrick Frogge John J. Griffin Brad Hart David Holmes Kristen Johns Joseph B. Joseph Fuson William Griffith Matt Haskell Ryan Holt Hal Johnson Klockenkemper III Barbara Futter Tonya Grindon George Hawkins Nick Holton Jaimee Johnson Samuel Knapper Mary Gallagher Alison King Grippo James Hawkins Deana Hood James B. Johnson Michelle Koehly Russell Gallagher J. Mitchell Grissim, Jr. Justin Hayden Angela Hoover Jennifer L. Johnson Robert Kolarich Gregory Galloway Sheryl Guinn William J. Haynes III Larry Hoover Michael A. Johnson Sharon Kolb Michael Gardner Catherine Gwyn Andra Hedrick David Hopkins Richard A. Johnson Linda Koon Scott Gardner Chelsey Hadfield Samuel Helmbrecht Brad Hornsby E. Covington Johnston Alexander Koval Jacquelyne Garfield Richard F. Haglund III Martha Henley Kevin Howard Kelvin Jones Michael Kuffner Rebecca Garland Marjorie Haines Stephanie Henry John Howell Lynda Jones Nina Kumar Mitzi Garrett Jason Hale David Herbert William Hubbard Richard A. Jones Daniel Kuninsky Jon Gaston Michael Hall Rose Hernandez Karen Huddleston- Thomas Jones Brittany Kurdziel Anna Gernert James Haltom Tucker Herndon Johnson Chelsea Journigan Stanley Kweller Joseph Gibbs Robert Hamilton Scott Hickman David Huff William Kaludis Sarah Laird Jeffrey Gibson Jill Hanson Charles A. High, Jr. Margaret Huff Lawrence Kamm Howard H. Lamar III Jason Gichner Perry Happell Tizgel High L. Wearen Hughes Jenney Keaty William Lane

CASE STUDY • BETTER HEALTH THROUGH LEGAL HELP

Faris Al-Jashami is an Iraqi immigrant who showed signs of a major depressive disorder with psychotic features and components of possible post-traumatic stress disorder. He was at Shade Tree Clinic with chest pains when Legal Aid Society got involved through its Middle Tennessee Medical- Legal Partnership. PHOTO: STEVE GREEN/VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

Al-Jashami was separated from his wife, Claudia Cruz, and their son because Cruz had entered the U.S. without documentation or inspection and had accrued more than one year of unlawful presence, which bars her from returning to the U.S. for 10 years. Cruz had left for Mexico several months prior to getting her green card and could not return because of the 10-year restriction on re-entry.

A hardship waiver was available, but when the family completed the form and personal statement without an attorney it was denied. Legal Aid Society helped Al-Jashami write another personal statement that specifically described how badly he would fare without his family and how he would do if he moved to Mexico. Legal Aid Society also had a Shade Tree Clinic employee write a letter outlining Al-Jashami’s medical conditions and how detrimental to his health his relocation would be.

Legal Aid Society submitted this additional evidence, and Cruz’s application was approved the next month. She and her son returned home just two months later. 15 CASE STUDY • SAFETY AND STABILITY

“Sharonda” lived with her husband and children. However, her husband sexually assaulted her child from a previous marriage, so Sharaonda contacted law enforcement. Unfortunately, Sharonda was also terminated from her job during this time. In the midst of this time of great challenges, she reached out to Legal Aid Society for help.

First, Legal Aid Society pointed Sharonda and her daughter to The Guidance Center for counseling services.

The staff successfully assisted her in an unemployment case to receive the benefits she needed to get back on her feet.

Finally, Legal Aid Society helped Sharonda get an Order of Protection against her husband and then assisted her in getting a divorce.

PRO BONO ATTORNEY HONOR ROLL

Mary Langford Susan Mader Susan Merry Christina Norris Vincent Peppe Keith Randall Seth Lasater Janae Magee Stephen Meyer Steve Norris Sarah Richter Perky Christopher Raybeck Robert R. Laser III John Maher Charles Michels Julia North Andrea Perry Benjamin Raybin Justin Leach Betsy Mangum Thomas Miller William K. Norton Raven Perry-Beach Colbey Reagan William P. Leader, Jr. James Mann Andrew Mills William L. Norton III Barbara Perutelli Paige Reber H. Rowan Leathers III John Manson Robin Minturn Robert J. Notestine III David Pflaum Frank Reeves Ramsey Leathers Ashley Markham Jeffrey Mobley Christopher Nyiri Joshua Phillips Jessica Reeves Alexandra Lee Eugene Marquette Che Mock Gregory Oakley Bart Pickett Lori Reid Joshua Lee Darlene Marsh Stephen Montgomery William R. O’Bryan, Jr. Matthew Pietsch Monika Ridley William Leech III Anne Martin William Moody Brett Oeser Scott Pilkinton Lisa Rippy Steven Lefkovitz Sean Martin John Mooneyham Tricia Olson T. Harold Pinkley, Jr. David Risner David Lemke Nikhil Mathews Jolade Moore David O’Neil Robert Pinson Elizabeth Risner Roland Lenard Tonya Matthews Tracy Moore Howell O’Rear Justin Pitt Michael Rivas Allen Lentz Richard Mattson Brent Moreland Andrea Orr Emily Plotkin Leigh Ann Roberts Russell Leonard Lawrence Maxwell Russell Morgan Daniel Osborne Cynthia Podis Michael Roberts Mary LeVan Meg Mazzone Shane Morris John Ouellette Mark Podis Worrick G. Robinson IV Jeffrey Levy Sam J. McAllester III Paul Moser Judy Oxford Kathleen Pohlid Peter Robison Ryan Levy W. Neal McBrayer Barbara Moss Kelly Padgett Michaela Poizner John Rodgers Jason Lewallen Charles McCandless Lauren Moss Justin Page Patrick Poole Courtney Rogers Owen Lipscomb Patricia McCarter Michael Mossman Benjamin Papa W. Robert Pope, Jr. Helen Sfikas Rogers Haley Liss Kelly McCarthy G. Avery Mott Loren Pardue Cindy Porter John Stanley Rogers Joseph A. Little IV John McCauley George E. Mudter, Jr. Sarah Paris Michelle Poss Ben Rose Robert Littleton Marshall H. McClarnon III Joshua Mullen Robert E. Parker Kaitlyn Potzick Andrew Ross Judith Lojek Kathleen McClellan Aaron Mullis Robert J. Parker Nathan Powers Carlton Ross Jon Long Malcolm McCune Tera Rica Murdock Brett Parks Jade Preis Stanley Ross William Long Alonda McCutcheon C. Raymond Myers, Jr. Scott Parsley Alison Prestwood Jeffrey Rossman Wendy Longmire Carrie McCutcheon David Myers William V. Parsons III Candes Prewitt L. Hunter Rost Lori Lott Lee McDougal Amy Nance Michael Paslay James W. Price, Jr. Stephanie Roth Lesli Love Larry R. McElhaney II Peter Napolitano Tatjana Paterno Karen Price Edgar M. Rothschild III Carla Lovell Anthony McFarland Phylanice Nashe Hamilton Patrick Stephen Price Abby Rubenfeld Randy Lucas Patrick McNally Andrew Naylor Gerald Patterson Stephanie Prybyl Gary Rubenstein Rebecca Lyford Marc McNamee Abigail Newbury Gregory Pease Elizabeth Pugh Joseph Rusnak Mary Frances Lyle Justin McNaughton Chen Ni Kimberly Pedigo Christopher Puri Manuel Russ Jamie Machamer W. Warner McNeilly III R. Price Nimmo Michael Peek Mark Puryear Marissa Moses Russ Alexandra MacKay Jodi Melind Rabin Nimmo Frank Pellegrino Sara Anne Quinn Thomas Russell James Mackler Vernon A. Melton, Jr. Venus Niner Bryan Penland Stephen Quinn Paul Rutherford

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Wende Rutherford Randall Self Brian Sims P. Maxwell Smith III Heather Stanford Samuel Wallace Maria Salas Cynthia Sellers Elizabeth Sims Richard K. Smith Shelley Starzyk Brian Walthart Peter Sales Avani Shah Matthew Sinback Richard M. Smith Ronald Steen William Walton Amy Sanders Rachel Sharp Martin Sir Stacey Smith Ann Steiner Marc Walwyn Isaac Sanders Julia Shaver William Sizer Warren M. Smith Daniel Stephenson Culwell Ward Julie Sandine Carmack Shell Peter Skeie William T. Smith David Stewart Karl Warden Frank Scanlon Jennifer Sheppard Jesse Skinner Yanika Smith-Bartley Carson Stone Jonathan Wardle Thomas Schaffer Michael Sheridan Lesa Skoney Clifton Sobel Jena Story Patrick Warfield Sandra Schefcik Jason Shields Angela Slack Donna Sonner Virginia Story Alisha Warner Michael Schmitt Marietta Shipley Jay Slobey Alan Sowell Steven Stout Elizabeth Warren Jeanne Schmitzer Gary Shockley Keith Slocum Cathy Speers James Stranch Wendy Warren Gilbert Schuette Susan Sidwell Allen Smith Frank Spero Jack Stringham Andrew Warth John Schwalb Jessica Sievert Gregory Dale Smith Pamela Spicer Samuel Stumpf Christopher Was Stuart Scott Steven Simerlein Gregory Dye Smith Carl Spining Lauran Sturm Steven Wasserman Yvette Sebelist Janelle Simmons Jay Smith William Spining Aryn Subhawong Joseph Watson John Seehorn Stephanie Simmons LeAnn Smith Clark Spoden M. Sean Sullivan James L. Weatherly, Jr. Rachel Seifert Brittany Simpson Morgan Smith Ronda Spurlock Lane Newton Summers Jennifer Weaver Taylor Sutherland Paul Wehmeier Tara Swafford Scott Weiss Robert Swann Phillip Welty Travis Swearingen Rachel Welty Elizabeth A. Sykes Michael Wennerlund EMPLOYEE STORY Elizabeth Tannenbaum William West Christopher Tardio Mark Westlake Margaret L. Behm John Tarpley Joseph Wheeler James S. Tate, Jr. Jana White Trailblazing Reforms William Tate Kreis White for Justice David K. Taylor Thomas White Jerry Taylor John Whitfield Margaret L. Behm worked for consumer Aimee Tenaglia Gary Wicks Richard Tennent Gerald Wigger law and family law reform during her David Thompson Megan Williams three and a half years at Legal Aid Society in the Keith Thompson Scott C. Williams late ‘70s. While working in the Consumer Law Section, Meredith Thompson Thomas Williams she conducted an intensive case study and drafted the Overton Thompson III Michael P. Williamson legislation for the foundational Small Insurance Policy Jacob Thorington Amy Willoughby-Cunning Amanda Thornton Christopher Wilson Law of 1979, which protected low-income individuals from Jodie Thresher Michael Wilson costly insurance abuses. The law not only reformed the Nicholas Tidwell Brian Winfrey local practices of Life and Casualty Insurance Company Dustin Timblin Taylor Wirth of Tennessee, it also garnered national attention in a 60 Elizabeth Tipping Thomas A. Wiseman III John Tishler Patrick Witherington Minutes exposé that drove changes in federal regulations. Latonya Todd Michele Wojciechowski Additionally, after witnessing the negative results of the Peggy Tolson Douglas Wolford state’s enforcement of child support, Margaret researched Marcia Topiwala Aaron Woodard and drafted Tennessee’s first wage assignment legislation Byron Trauger James Woodard Charles Traughber Clayton Wraith that accommodated individuals with low income. Laurie Trompeter Heather Wright Kate Tucker Sonya Wright Margaret was recognized for her career-long commitment Ellen Turley David Wyatt to justice by being named the first chair of the Tennessee Abigail Turner Vincent Wyatt Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission. She also Michael Turner Jeff Yarbro Wesley Turner G. Michael Yopp successfully campaigned for six years as the co-chair of Thor Urness Amanda Young the Nashville Local Organizing Committee to bring the Mike Urquhart Kinika Young 2014 Women’s NCAA Final Four and Women’s Basketball John Van Cleave Stephen Young Coaches Association National Convention to Nashville. Jessica Van Dyke Elaine Youngblood Sal Varsalona Mary Rose Zingale Margaret will be the 2015 Campaign for Equal Justice chair. David Veile Katie Mathews Zipper Nancy Vincent Leslie Zmugg Today, Legal Aid Society continues to be an important voice Lorraine Wade and participant in efforts to increase legal services. Legal Gray Waldron Aid Society also contributes to reforms through the Access Lori Walker to Justice Commission, Bar Committees and the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Court Improvement Committee. 17 DONORS The list below is for the 2013 Campaign for Equal Justice. Those giving for specific purposes and through United Way campaigns are listed separately in sections that follow. Thank you to each of those listed for their generosity. Please accept our apologies for any omissions.

Leadership Cabinet Salas Law Group PLLC The Dorothy Cate and Mrs. Iris W. Buhl, Buhl Mark Manner Robert A. Waterman Adams and Reese LLP Sherrard & Roe, PLC Thomas F. Frist Family Advised Fund Cheryl White Mason Jim & Shelly Weatherly Baker, Donelson, Stites & Harbison, PLLC Foundation of The Community Roger T. May Joni P. Werthan Bearman, Caldwell The Swafford Law Michael & Janet Dagley Foundation of Margaret C. Mazzone Susan & Ashley Wiltshire & Berkowitz, PC Firm PLLC The Jane & Richard Middle Tennessee Susan Emery McGannon Nicholas S. Zeppos & Barrett Johnston, LLC Taylor, Pigue, Marchetti Eskind & Family James H. Cheek III Bob & Carole Nadler Lydia A. Howarth Bass, Berry & Sims PLC & Blair, PLLC Foundation Chase Cole NALS...Association of Bone McAllester Terry & Gore Drew & Carolyn Goddard Jim DeLanis Legal Professionals, Norton PLLC Thrailkill Harris Wood Neil G. McBride Wally Dietz Nashville Chapter $500-$999 Bradley Arant Boult & Boswell, PLC Pinnacle Financial DSi Nashville School of Law Sustaining Members Cummings LLP Trauger & Tuke Partners Jacqueline B. Dixon Leslie Newman James W. Berry, Jr. Burr & Forman LLP Tune, Entrekin & Anne & Charles Roos Kathryn Reed Edge Nissan North America, Dora A. Blackwood Butler Snow LLP White, P.C. Philip & Melissa Russ Judge Daniel B. Inc. Legal Department Tim L. Bowden Corley Henard Lyle Levy Waldron, Fann & Parsley Joan B. Shayne Eisenstein Marian Ott & Craig Philip Bradley Arant Boult & Langford, PLC Walker, Tipps & Bill & Pam West Dan Elrod Parker, Lawrence, Cummings Charitable Cornelius & Collins, LLP Malone PLC Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Eskind Cantrell & Smith Foundation Dickinson Wright PLLC Waller Lansden Dortch Mary Arline Evans Mr. & Mrs. Houston Parks Joseph J. Brenner, Jr. Dodson, Parker, Behm & Davis LLP $1,000-$2,499 Norm Feaster Joseph R. Prochaska Joe B. Brown & Capparella, P.C. Weatherly McNally Champions Craig V. Gabbert, Jr. & David & Kay Raybin Jean L. Byassee Frost Brown Todd LLC & Dixon PLC of Justice Kay C. Gabbert Richard L. Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Andrew W. Garfinkle, McLemore & Wiseman Ashworth Anonymous John P. Garner Ms. Julie K. Sandine & Byrd Young, PLLC Law Group, PLC 3rd and Church John E. & Allis Dale Dr. Michael Zanolli Michael S. Byrnes Gullett Sanford Robinson Wyatt, Tarrant & Healthcare Gillmor Rachel A. Seifert Davis H. Carr & Martin, PLLC Combs LLP Katherine S. Allen Charles K. Grant Michael W. Sheridan Mark Carver

“She (Rachel Moses, Staff Attorney) was very INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL. She let me know what was going to happen and how. She was very nice and easy to work with.” – Cookeville client

Harwell Howard Gail Vaughn Ashworth Richard A. Green Emily A. Shouse Hon. Cornelia A. Clark Hyne Gabbert & Baptist Healing Trust Riney Green Roger G. Sisson Stewart & Louise Clifton Manner, P.C. $10,000 and up Mary & Lee Barfield R. Dale & Nancy G. Joan & Saul Solomon Lew Conner Holton Blackstone & Gold Gavel Baulch Family Grimes Joanne & Joseph Sowell Bob Cooper Mayberry, PC Community Health Foundation - Herbert & Gertrude Janice L. Spillman Deborah A. Cooper The Jones Law Systems Foundation Mr. & Mrs. R.E. Halverstadt Hope & Howard Stringer Dixie W. Cooper Group, PLLC Baulch, Jr., Mr. & Foundation Sam Stumpf Richard G. Cowart Kinnard, Clayton Mrs. Robert E. Baulch William L. Harbison Matt & Judy Sweeney Judge J.S. “Steve” Daniel & Beveridge $5,000-$9,999 III, and Mr. & Mrs. Kent & Becky Harrell T & T Family Foundation Andrew Daughety & Leader, Bulso & Silver Gavel David J. Baulch The HCA Foundation Bob & Mary Battle Jennifer Reinganum Nolan, PLC Harris A. Gilbert Frank & Melissa Bloch Lela M. Hollabaugh Thompson Robert S. Day, Jr. Manier & Herod Neal & Harwell, PLC Charles W. Bone Wilson Horde Overton & Robin Linda Dickert Phillip Miller & Jeanne & Steve Thomas Claudia & Gordon Gary D. Housepian Thompson Dot Dobbins Associates Bonnyman Christy Wilkins Ivey Byron R. Trauger Sherie Lea Edwards Norris & Norris PLC Jean & Jeff Bradford Susan L. Kay Mr. & Mrs. Bynum Michael Engle Law Office of Rachel $2,500-$4,999 Brewer, Krause, Edward D. Lanquist, Jr. E. Tudor III Annette S. Eskind Odom, LLC Guardians of Justice Brooks, Chastain Lee, Danner & Bass, Inc. Robert D. Tuke David R. Esquivel Rothschild & Kitty Calhoon & & Burrow, PLLC Jan Abby Liff Mr. & Mrs. J. Stephen Amy Everhart Ausbrooks PLLC David Ettinger Samuel D. & Mary Turner Ann Lipshie Leigh Walton

18 Barbara & DeWitt Ezell, Marc T. McNamee The Ezell Family Dan Mecklenborg EMPLOYEE STORY Fund of Fidelity V.A. (Bo) Melton, Jr. Charitable Jay & Julie Miller Alan S. Feinstein, Christine Modisher Jean Crowe Feinstein Hunger Lynn Morrow Advocating for Safety Relief/Public Service Marlene Eskind Moses Donor-Advised Fund of Michael I. Mossman and Stability Fidelity Charitable Cissy Mynatt Mr. & Mrs. John D. Karen Neal Jean Crowe served in the Nashville Ferguson, John & Russell J. Overby office of Legal Aid Society for 28 Carole Ferguson Marc & Wendy Overlock years, leading the Family Law Advised Fund of Michael S. Peek Section for 15 of those years. Her The Community Jimmie Lynn & Allan Foundation of Ramsaur profound impact on the family Middle Tennessee Lee W. Ramsey law community across the state Amy & Frank M. Fritz Richter has left a legacy that our current Jean Crowe and Mayor Karl Dean Garrison, Jr. Jen & Jeff Robinson family law attorneys are honored Tracey George & Phillip Robinson Chris Guthrie Glenn & Barbara Rose to follow. Jean created a program centered on holistic advocacy Robert C. Goodrich, Jr. Mary Ruth & Bob Shell and helping clients become self-sufficient, with hundreds Steven E. Groom Patricia L. Snyder of victims finding their independence from abuse. She was Tom Grooms & Ronald P. Soltman & honored for her commitment with a proclamation from Linda Ashford Judith M. Cram Mayor Karl Dean in October as well as receiving the Ashley T. J. Scott Hickman Kate Stephenson Charles A. High Jim & Jane Stranch Wiltshire Public Service Attorney of the Year award from the J. Reginald Hill Jack F. Stringham II Tennessee Bar Association. Barbara & Jay Holmes Walter H. Stubbs E. Berry Holt Catherine C. Sullivan Today, Legal Aid Society continues to advocate for domestic D. Reed Houk Charles Sullivan Wearen & Bitsy Hughes SunTrust Foundation violence victims by bringing safety and stability to families. Paul G. & Lisa M. Brian Tate Jennings Bruce & Jaclyn Tarkington J. James Jenkins, Jr. Laura & John Tarpley Judy C. Johnson Aleta Trauger AIG Matching Grants Margaret Behm & Reba Brown David & Carol Roger G. Jones John F. Triggs & Mary Program Harlan Dodson John & Brenda Bryant Cavin-Dillon Sandra Keifert & B. Henson Patrick L. Alexander Daniel & Kristin Berexa John & Karyn Bryant Vivek Chandra Peter Coughlan Knox & Betsy Walkup C. Dale Allen C. Dewees Berry IV Jon & Barbara Bruce Laura L. Chastain Kramer Rayson LLP Culwell E. Ward Jeremy Allen Mark S. Beveridge Bruce E. Buchanan Dr. & Mrs. Eric M. Irwin & Diane Kuhn Charles H. Warfield Kenneth & Felicia Anchor Mattie Bhela Buerger, Moseley & Chazen, Barbara Heloise Werthan Kuhn Tim Warnock Mike & Jennifer Anderson Julian Bibb Carson, PLC & Eric Chazen Howard & Elizabeth Thomas V. White Charles D. Andrews Ronald H. Bice, Jr. Stuart Burkhalter Advised Fund of Lamar Tom Wiseman Asbury Law Office Mr. & Mrs. George Wilton Burnett, Jr. The Community LaRoche Family Charles K. Wray Kathy Austin W. Bishop III Robert M. Burns Foundation of Foundation Mandy & Stephen Young Austin Peay State Hon. Marlin L. Blaine Julie & Matt Burnstein Middle Tennessee Bill Leader Rebekah Estes Young University, Women’s Margaret M. Blair & Vernon G. Bush John R. Cheadle, Jr. Raymond S. Leathers Mrs. Anne H. Zelle, The & Gender Studies Roger L. Conner William Bush Glen & Lynn Civitts Kyle Lehning Anne H. & Robert K. Program Pat & John Blankenship Ann Butterworth David & Josephine Clark Tracy M. Lujan Zelle Advised Fund Jill B. Ayers Keith F. Blue Melanie T. Cagle Judge Frank G. Keith M. Lundin of The Community Daniel A. Bailey Dr. & Mrs. Frank H. Jeffrey A. Calk Clements, Jr. Alex MacKay Foundation of John H. Bailey III Boehm Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Steve & Sharon Clifton Nancy MacLean Middle Tennessee E. Graham Baker, Jr. David Bohan Campbell, Jr. Steve Cobb Marks, Shell & Maness Theresa Ball & David Boston Holt Sockwell Stuart Campbell W. Kent Coleman Judge James G. Martin III Bate Parsons & Durham, PLLC David P. & Elizabeth J. Michael M. Collier Cheryl White Mason $150-$499 Sustaining Robert L. Ballow Jay S. Bowen Canas Patricia K. Colton, Colton George Masterson Members Judy & Joe Barker Robert O. Bragdon Grayson & John Cannon Family Advised Fund James S. Mathis, Jr. Anonymous George E. Barrett Anne M. & Robert S. Curtis J. Capeling of The Community Barbara & Ted Mayden, Michael G. Abelow John W. Barringer Brandt Donald Capparella Foundation of Barbara & Ted Mayden Elizabeth Adams & Richard H. Barry Bridgestone Americas Sassy & Frank Carroll Middle Tennessee Donor-Advised Fund David Scott Susan & David Battis Trust Fund Brett & Virginia Carter Jennifer Gingery Cook of Fidelity Charitable Gareth S. Aden Nader Baydoun Mary F. Bristow Gregory L. Cashion John T. Cook Ray Harold McCard, Jr. Kelly L. Agee Judith E. Beasley John M. Brittingham George H. Cate III David L. Cooper Donald & Louise Lawrence R. Ahern III Fred W. Beesley, Jr. W. Bryan Brooks Anna Catlin Raymond L. Coss McKenzie Matt Brothers Stephen E. Cox

19 CASE STUDY • OVERCOMING ABUSE FOR A NEW LIFE

“Judy” is a 68-year-old woman who was a victim of verbal and physical abuse that escalated as her long-term marriage faced mounting financial problems. Her husband kept her “in the dark” about their finances and told her it was not of her concern. She did not know that he failed to file income tax returns and he had received IRA distributions of over $200,000 in 2000. She made efforts to make monthly payments of $500 a year until she simply could not survive on her own. The debt was in excess of $137,000.

She found relief and hope for a new life through Legal Aid Society and our Low Income Taxpayer Project.

By detailing the circumstances and the history of abuse, the Internal Revenue Service granted “innocent spouse relief” to Judy for over $137,000 so she would not have to pay any more towards that debt.

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Phillip F. Cramer Kate Eyler Anna M. Grizzle Mr. & Mrs. William Stephen C. Knight Thomas J. Martin, Jr. Nancy King Crawford Pete Ezell Brooke Grubb & H. Herndon Sherry Knott & Robert J. Martineau, Jr. Wayne Crim F&M Bank, Clarksville Amy Gentle D. Jefferson Herring Sumter Camp Hon. Randal & Janice Lenny Croce Alex Fardon Beth Connor Guest Leesa A. Hinson David Kozlowski Mashburn Cumberland Bank & Anne Marie & John A. Gupton III Sam D. Hodges III Neil W. Kunkel Robert D. Massey Trust, Clarksville Jonathan Farmer Hagan & Farrar PLLC Robert M. Holland, Jr. Amy E. Kurland Lawrence C. Maxwell Page Davidson Farrar & Bates LLP Clisby Hall & Robert Judge Amy V. Hollars Walter C. Kurtz Ralph McBride, Jr. Ed R. Davies First Farmers & Zarabi Kevin M. Howard Vaden M. Lackey, Jr. Art McClellan Reynolds & Dena Davies Merchants Bank, Mike Hamilton & Bill & Bea Hubbard Deborah W. Larios Carol L. McCoy Ansel L. Davis Columbia Gail Walker John Huie Ken & May Lavender Katherine & Jim McElroy W. Kirby & Ann Davis, Jr. Judge Mark J. Fishburn Michael J. Harbers John B. Ingleson Thomas W. Lawless Mary McElroy Dawn Deaner Chandra Flint Jay Hardcastle Clay Isaacs Lawrence County Bar Miriam F. McFadden Beth & Scott Derrick Ben Fordham Hal D. Hardin Mark A. Ison Association Whitney McFalls Roy DeSha, Jr. Tom Forrester & Hardin, Parkes, Kelley, Granbery & Mary Lee Maudie LeBlanc Gray McLeod Diocese of Nashville Cindy Sellers Carter & Bryant, PLLC Jackson Ellen E. Lehman, Lehman W. Warner McNeilly, Jr. Katherine Marie Dix Bruce D. Fox Corey Harkey Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Family Advised Fund Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Dee & Jerald Doochin Susan W. Foxman Larry Harrington & Jacobs of The Community J. Eric Miles Jim & Ramsey Doran Pat M. Fraley Lisa Quigley John R. Jacobson Foundation of Timothy L. Miles Patricia L. Dougall William H. Freeman Alvin L. Harris L. Nicole James Middle Tennessee Claire F. Miley Bob Downey Barbara E. Futter Elisa Minek Harris James L. Johnson Eva M. Lemeh Margaret Moore Evelyn Doxey Caren C. Gabriel Fannie J. Harris John R. Jacobson David E. Lemke Lori B. Morgan Phoebe & Bob Drews Mary Taylor Gallagher Ronald G. Harris Torry Johnson Theodore W. Lenz Mark E. Morrison Frank Drowota David S. Gardner Marian F. Harrison & Douglas S. Johnston, Jr. Michael & Mary Ellen Phyllis D. Morriss Charles W. Dunn David W. Garrison Anne B. Wallace John Wesley Jones Levitt Rachel Moses Cindy Durham Gill Geldreich & Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. Kevin J. Jones Jason S. Lewallen Patricia Head Moskal Katy Duryea Glenn Swann Hart Richard A. Jones Charles Larry Lewis George E. Mudter, Jr. Bob & Mavis Duthie Joseph C. Gentry Tamara Hart & Mike Russell A. Jones, Jr. David T. Lewis John E. Murdock III Dana Dye & Allston Joseph W. Gibbs Jameson Dorothy & Michael James Bryan Lewis Nashville Electric Service Vander Horst Nate Gilmer Timothy G. Harvey Kaminski Tom & Lee Limbird Gerald D. & Jennifer A. Marshall C. Eakin Luvell L. Glanton Trey Harwell Suzanne G. Keith Carla Lingle Lovell Neenan William W. Earthman III Marc D. Goldstone Scott K. Haynes Jim Kelley Jennifer Loyd Alistair Newbern Lynn C. Egan James C. Gooch Thomas J. Haynes Anne Marie Kempf J.W. Luna Paul Ney Steven J. Eisen & Gay Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Gordon David C. Head John Kennedy Rebecca Lyford & Dr. Alex & Laurie Nicholson Levine Eisen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Trisha L. Henegar David L. King John Newman Judge John T. Nixon Robert Eisenstein & A. Gordon Carol Ann Hendry Nancy J. King & Chancellor Ellen George & Tobi Nolan The Eisen-Wald Tony Gottlieb & Get Martha S. Henley Timothy J. Babb Hobbs Lyle Sally Nordlund Foundation Songs Direct Henry, Henry & Randall L. Kinnard Janae N. Magee Thomas B. Norris, Jr. Jason & Susan Epstein Senator Mark Green Underwood, P.C. John D. Kitch Melvin J. Malone William L. Norton III Richard K. Evans John & Maria Griffin David B. Herbert Janet & David Kleinfelter Henry Martin William R. O’Bryan

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James T. Oglesby Emily O. Roberts Mary & Paul Stumb Darrell L. West Judge Joseph M. Ayers Sandra L. Braber-Grove Kim & Peter Oldham Mr. & Mrs. J. Allen Sara Alene Swaney Dudley M. West Thomas R. Bain Christie Bradford Jeff Oldham Roberts Elizabeth G. Tannenbaum Carol Westlake & Kevin Balkwill John J. Bradford Oldham & Dunning, LLC Lauren Paxton Roberts Donna Tapp & Bob Fox Jody Bailey Kenneth M. Ballew Michael & Christine Keli J. Oliver Adinah Robertson Jerry W. Taylor Mark H. Westlake Don Baltimore Bradley Lynn Omohundro Jeanette Roch Mr. & Mrs. T. Stephen C. Jim White Gail Banasiak Julie & Dewey Branstetter Maureen & John Organ William L. Rosenberg Taylor White & Rhodes Richard E. Baranyi Andy & Nadia Brigham William T. Owen Rucker, Rucker & The Bank of Nashville David & Gail Williams Lindsey Barnes Betty Briley Laurence M. Papel Gilley, P.C. Ellen C. Tewes Larry R. Williams Rev. & Mrs. William L. Tom Brittingham & W. Travis Parham Marissa & Ben Russ Frank Thomas Susan & Fred Williams Barnes Connie Culpepper Chris Parker Robert V. Sartin Robert P. Thomas Michael K. Williamson Rebecca M. Barnett David Broemel Albert L. Partee III D. Andrews Saulters Keith & Meredith C. Kelly Wilson Lauren C. Barron Stewart Bronaugh Robert S. Patterson Frank J. Scanlon Thompson Bettie J. Winton Edith McBride Bass Judge Barry R. Brown Gregory J. Pease Keri Schmidt John & Sandee Tishler Joseph A. Woodruff Francis M. Bass, Jr. Bobby W. Brown Lisa E. Peerman Mr. & Mrs. John L. Scott & Nesrin Tift Claude & Elizabeth James O. Bass, Jr. John M. L. Brown Michael J. Philbin Seigenthaler Carter R. Todd Workman Bates & Bates Martin Brown, Jr. Steve Phillips Randall E. Self Joseph & Ellen Torrence Sheree C. Wright Jason Bates & G.L. Black Tracey Brown Donna L. Pierce Chay Sengkhounmany Martha J. Trammell Tim Wurz Theola Battenfield Jennifer L. Brundige Doug & Clarissa Pierce R. Patrick Shepherd Charles A. Traughber J. Randall Wyatt Wilma Beakley Alex B. Buchanan Thomas H. Pinckney, Jr. Suzanna Sherry & Mr. & Mrs. Phillip M. Tyler & Jeff Yarbro Elizabeth & Yarnell Charles D. Buckholts Erin Palmer Polly Paul Edelman Trella Bill & Jane Young Beatty Joshua Burgener Tracy A. Powell Bill Shick Robert L. Trentham Heidi Zimmerman Wayne Beavers Cynthia F. Burnes Judy Price Marietta M. Shipley Joseph V. Truhe, Jr. Barbara Bechtold Ben Burns Stephen G. Prince Gary C. Shockley Claire W. Tucker Matthew T. Beckett Kathy Burns Ann Jarvis Pruitt Andrew J. Shookhoff Julie & Jim Tuerff $1-$149 Pacesetters Eileen Beehan Judge Leon Burns Bill Purcell Jacqueline B. Shrago Judge John A. Turnbull Anonymous Stephen T. Belsheim Burrow & Cravens, P.C. R. H. Pursell Keith & Kay Simmons Davis & Melora Turner Claire & William Abely Erin H. Bennett Edward M. Callaway Daniel H. Puryear Lawrence A. Simons Irwin Venick & Jeanne Abu N. Absar Michael & Andrea Berger John C. Callison Dr. Eric L. Raefsky & Law Office of Donna Ballinger Bev Adcock Ray Berk Harry W. Camp Ms. Victoria Heil, Simpson John R. Voigt Joshua R. Adkins Mary & John Bers Jeff Campbell Victoria Heil & Eric W. Scott Sims Jack Waddey Kim Adkins Teri Bess Patricia G. Campbell Raefsky Advised Fund Wilson Sims Robert H. Waldschmidt Nanci Pugh Adkins Ginna Betts Ted Carey & Marnie Huff of The Community Peter T. Skeie Mary E. Walker Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Akers Jocelyne Bezzi-Batani Trajan H. Carney IV Foundation of Mr. & Mrs. Barry R. Smith Ted F. Walker Mr. & Mrs. William P. Lisa Paige Binder Jeff & Anne Carr Middle Tennessee Clifton L. Smith Thomas P. Wall III Alexander III Judge Joe P. Binkley, Jr. Mary P. Carter

“The help I received at Legal Aid was amazing. I am so happy that there is an organization available like this one. Tabitha (Tackett, Victim Advocate) was there to support me every step of the way, and I am so appreciative of her. Thank you all for your help. I don’t know what I would have done if I didn’t seek help from you guys. THANKS TABITHA FOR ALL YOUR HELP. YOU ARE AN ANGEL!” – Clarksville client

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William T. Cheek III & Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Elizabeth C. Garber Paul A. Gontarek Cathy Gurley Mr. & Mrs. James H. Kathryn E. Barnett Doochin Michael G. Gardner Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Robert A. Guy, Jr. Harris III Mark H. Chen Richard A. Dorris Jacquelyne Garfield Goodall, Sr. Catherine H. Gwyn James M. Harris Edward K. Cheng Steven C. Douglas & Rhea E. Garrett II S. Ralph Gordon Ted R. Habermann John I. Harris III Bette Christofersen Deborah W. Douglas Sandy Garrett Tee Gorham Auborn L. Hager III Mike Harris Steven J. Christopher Maralee M. Downey Marbut G. Gaston, Jr. Dr. & Mrs. C.K. Richard F. Haglund III Robb Harvey Arnold Basil Clapp, Esq. Peggy D. Downing Lucian & Amy Geise Hiranya Gowda James A. Haltom Ann & Bob Harwell Bethany A. Clark Tommy E. Doyle Martha M. Gentry Stephen W. Grace Roger D. Hamby James B. (Jim) Hawkins George D. Clark, Jr. Thomas J. Drake, Jr. Lillian & Tom George Ashley Graham Joseph Hamilton Larry G. Hayes, Jr. Marvin E. Clements, Jr. Michael J. Dreyfuss Jeff H. Gibson Jay Grannis Robin Haney Joe M. Haynes John Ray Clemmons Spruell Driver, Jr. Jessica & Jason Gichner D. Lyn Graves II Valerie Hansen Haynes Freeman & Mr. & Mrs. J. Fred Catherine Dugan Michael Gigandet The Gray Law Firm Jill A. Hanson Bracey PLC Cloud, Jr. Joe Dughman Harry B. Gilley Betty Adams Green William L. Haralson Rogers N. Hays Jay & Kathy Cloud Judge Gloria Dumas Mary Michelle Gillum J. Leigh Griffith J. Greg Hardeman Mr. & Mrs. F. Hamilton Kent W. Cochran David H. Dunaway Lambert & Knoxie Goad Jill Grim Law, PLLC Matt Hardin Hazlehurst Ryan K. Cochran Jim K. Duncan Martha Goldner Edward J. Gross George H. Coffin, Jr. Sandra Duncan Bill Cohen Bart Durham, Blair Cohen & Cohen Durham & Bart Caldwell Collins Durham Injury Law Cathy Grady Conley Laura Dykes A. Kinney Cook Van P. East III EMPLOYEE STORY George & Joleen Coon May Dean Eberling C. Hayes Cooney Sam Edwards Judge Walter C. Kurtz Mr. & Mrs. James C. Cope Robert L. Echols W. Lee Corbett T. Larry Edmondson Standing Up for Fairness Tom Corts Derek W. Edwards Mitch Counts Frances Edwards Walter Kurtz started at Legal Aid Society Susan & Damien Creavin Trudy McKelvey Edwards as a legal clerk in 1970 during his second Judge Robert D. Crigler Mrs. Clara C. Elam year of law school at Vanderbilt University. Andrae Crismon Caroline L. Eley Following graduation, he joined Legal Aid Society as an Kristie Crow Clarence E. Elkins LeToia Jenkins Crozier Phil Ellenburg attorney, and within 10 months, he was named executive Ted A. Crozier, Jr. Steve Elliott director and served in the position until his departure in 1976. Kevin & Katie Crumbo Laura Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Greer William T. Ellis At a time when Legal Aid Society faced some heavy resistance Cummings Martha & Ron Emeson Patty & Dick Cummings John H. Espey from some lawyers and influential adverse parties, Walter Lauren Z. Curry Tommy C. Estes successfully litigated high-profile class action lawsuits. It William H. Dale, Jr. Michael Stanley Farley also marked the beginning of strong support from local bar S. Carran Daughtrey William H. Farmer leaders like Joe Cummings and Brad Reed. The lawsuits Taylor & Rebekah James W. Felch, M.D. Davidson Samuel L. Felker reformed state welfare practices to help at-risk members Alexander J. Davie Timothy D. Ferguson of the community, discontinued the unfair imprisonment of Ed R. Davies Representative Henry D. indigent offenders and saved countless people with intellectual Ames Davis Fincher disabilities from inhumane treatment at Clover Bottom Diane Davis Kathryn S. Firsching Development Center. Additionally, his work in class action Stanley A. Davis Angelita Elizabeth Fisher Stephen E. Davis Alan T. Fister lawsuits resulted in the building of a new Nashville prison with Tom & Barbara Davis Dr. Henry W. Foster better conditions for prisoners. Joshua A. Decker James Kevin Fowler L. Ralph DeMarco Joe F. Fowlkes Following his work at Legal Aid Society, Walter served as a Theresa H. Denton Doug Franck Jaime L. DeRensis John M. Franck II Davidson County public defender and as a judge for more DeSalvo Law Firm PLLC Pete Frierson than 25 years. During that time, he drew on his experiences at Dr. Michael C. Diaz Frizzell & Frizzell, Legal Aid Society to ensure that his participation in the legal David & Caroline Attorneys at Law, PLLC system created a positive impact and made high quality legal Diaz-Barriga Alan & Linda Lou Fuqua assistance to the vulnerable a reality. Robert & Sandy Dickens Mr. & Mrs. L. Wilford Grant Dickson Fuqua Diane Diianni & Ronald E. Fults Today, Legal Aid Society continues to advocate for fairness and Todd Morton Garth & Ann Fundis justice for all, enjoys the strong support and partnership with Comer & Anne Donnell Russell C. Gallagher the legal community, and promotes the Volunteer Lawyers Program, which provides pro bono legal assistance to low- 22 income members of the community. CASE STUDY • PROVIDING SHELTER IN THE STORM

Mr. Williams is a 53-year-old Army veteran who was working as an auto mechanic at an established garage. His wife receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits due to injuries from two motor vehicle accidents, and the couple rented a home. Mr. Williams experienced heart problems that made him unable to work. He was referred to Legal Aid Society for assistance when he was six months behind in rent and had received multiple eviction notices from the landlord. They struggled to survive with the storms of misfortune that were engulfing their lives.

With the efforts to obtain additional assistance and vouchers to help with housing payments, Legal Aid Society negotiated an agreement with the landlord not to pursue an eviction action, so the Williams would have time to secure housing assistance.

The landlord also agreed to accept $3,000 as payment in full for the $5,000 in rent that was past due at the time. Mr. and Mrs. Williams were able to remain in their home.

When the Williams came to the Legal Aid Society office to hear about the negotiated agreements that made them eligible for rent assistance, they said to our attorney: “We had no idea how to handle this situation. We have never in our lives had this kind of problem and thought we would be homeless. We didn’t know how we would survive.”

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The HCA Foundation Sohnia Hong Dr. & Mrs. Herman Patricia C. Kussmann Craig N. Mangum Jennifer Simmons – HCA Employee Alice I. Hooker Kaplan Joe L. Lackey, Jr. David G. Mangum McGugin Giving Campaign Cherrelle Hooper Howard M. Kastrinsky Landon P. Lackey The Chip & Leigh James McHenry Kamie L. Hefner Christian A. Horsnell Ronnke Kehinde Kathryn J. Ladd Manning Foundation Todd C. McKee Sharon Helton & Margaret & Bill Howell Carie Lee Kennedy & Rob & Christine Laird of the Ayco Charitable Louise A. McKown Wayne Wood Ben Huddleston David A. Weintraub Danielle Lares-Bouharoun Foundation Melba McNairy Candi Henry David L. Hudson, Jr. David R. Kennedy, Judge Thomas W. Lawless D. Randall Mantooth Mark & Janis McNeely Senator Douglas Henry David O. Huff Anjlee Khurana Tessa N. Lawson Paul Maple Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Terry Hernando Carlene Hunt Ronald W. Kilgore William C. Lebo, Jr. Ashley J. Markham McNeilly, Jr. Hilliard Hester Fred B. Hunt, Jr. David Killion Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Corinne E. Martin Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Alice P. Heywood Jerry D. Hunt Nancy Hay Kim Lechleiter J. Thomas Martin McNeilly III Guy M. Hicks Nathan Hunt Teresa Kingery Jere R. Lee Leona & Alan Marx W. Warner McNeilly III Jason F. Hicks Karla R. Hyatt Alan & Kimberly Kirby Alan & Anna Belle John J. Matchulat Sandra & Sam Hon. Ross H. Hicks Patricia Hylton Joe M. Kirkpatrick Leiserson Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. McSeveney Sarah Ann Hiestand Robert G. Ingrum H. Tom Kittrell, Jr. Howard P. Levine Mathews Raymond Douglas Tizgel K.S. High Joseph Interrante Joseph Klockenkemper Sally Levine Andy Matthews Mefford Adam R. Hill Brian & Jessica Iverson Mary Ellen Knack Marletta Lilly Matthews Firm PLLC Tommy G. Meredith Cynthia Hill Robert L. Jackson Caroline E. Knight Susan R. Limor, Attorney Taylor B. Mayes Stephen L. Meyer Michael R. Hill Lisa B. Jarman Jay H. Knight at Law, P.C. Melonie J. McCall Randy Michels W. Timothy Hill Jane M. Jennings Linda W. Knight John B. Link III John McCauley James W. Milam Randy Hillhouse B. David Joffe Laura L. Knox Bob Littleton Judge Amanda Maureen & Justin Milam Kolin & Misty Holladay Mike Johnson Meryl & Keith Kraft Matthew C. Lonergan McClendon J. Brandon Miller D. Scott Holley Jon E. Jones David B. Krause Elizabeth H. Longmire Thomas & Judith McCoy Molly & Calvin Miller John J. Hollins, Jr. Mary Loventhal Jones Janice Krohn Pamela S. Lorch Mary Elizabeth McCullohs Samuel F. Miller John J. Hollins, Sr. Judge Michael R. Jones Neil Krugman Grace Lu Alonda W. McCutcheon William E. Miller David Holmes Judge Robert L. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Gus Kuhn Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Lund Ted & Woodley McEachern Aimee Miller-Luna Elizabeth A. Holt James D. Jordan Paul H. Kuhn Monnie Lusky Olivia McGehee & Lila Kathleen Mitchell Sheryl D. Holtam Jan Jordan David J. Kumatz David R. Lyle James Schleicher Dr. & Mrs. Charles L. Steve Holzapfel Stephen P. Jordan Amy Kurland Mary Frances Lyle Ryan L. McGehee Moffatt Mark Honeycutt Tracy D. Kane Barbara Kurland W. Lee Maddux Kate Monaghan

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Frank E. Mondelli Teresa Webb Oglesby David E. Phillips Candice L. Reed & Joseph I. Saarinen Bobby Sisco Judge Michael F. Mondelli Mr. & Mrs. Russell Kenneth J. Phillips Sean C. Kirk Wm. Michael Safley Judge Keith Siskin Amanda L. Moore Oldfield, Jr. W. Alan Phillips Erica C. Reed Dora L. Salinas Stephen Small Rich Moore John G. Oliva Stanley K. Pierchoski Reingold, Clements Kendra E. Samson David Smith – Juvenile Robert M. Moore, Jr. Susan & Rob Orr T. Harold Pinkley, Jr. & Cross Rob Sands Court Clerk Baird Morgan Allen Overby Rob & Megan Pinson Mr. & Mrs. J. Allen J. Isaac Sanders Eric W. Smith Russell B. Morgan Judy A. Oxford Robbie & Mike Pinter Reynolds III Lyndsay Sanders Finnis Smith Ann Mostoller Ophelia & George Paine Theresa L. Carter John R. Reynolds Rick G. & Helen Sanders Gordon W. Smith Bob Motlow Sue & Kenneth Palmer Pitchford Sara Reynolds John W. Sandridge Law Office of Gregory D. George Avery Mott Bob & Adrienne Parker Leonard Pogue Steve & Jeanne Rhodey Charles S. Sanger Smith Peggy A. Mott R. Patrick Parker Margaruiete Polk Grace & Ryan Richards Kathryn & Gray Sasser Janna & Brooks Smith Lloyd E. Mueller Ted Parks Bob Pope Mr. & Mrs. Dudley Richter Daniel H. J. Satterfield Jerry V. Smith Alex Munderloh A. Vester Parsley, Jr. Cindy L. Porter Angie Ridings Joan Scaia Judge Philip E. Smith Lee Anne Murray Will Parsons Wyla M. Posey-Porcello Monika B. Ridley, Esq. Thomas J. Schaffer Richard M. Smith Janet E. Mynatt Parsons & Nichols Michelle Poss Michael D. Roberts Sandra I. Schefcik Robyn E. Smith Lisa & Andy Naylor Cathy & Kirby Pate Matt Potempa Worrick G. Robinson IV Jim Schmidt & Sue C. Smith Jesse Campbell Neil Lorenda Sue Patterson Thomas Harding Potter John Cobb Rochford Joe Woolley Theresa-Vay Smith Leighann D. Ness Mr. & Mrs. Allen Patton, Tara L. Presnell Jason B. Rogers Michael Todd Schmitt Tracy Smith Law Office of Timothy Allen & Cheryl Patton A.E. Price John M. Rolfe, Jr. Leeanne & Ralph Schulz Barbara & Bob Snell H. Nichols, PLLC Advised Fund of James W. Price, Jr. Peter S. Rosen Rae Anne Seay Paula & Robert Snyder Britton & Norris Nielsen The Community Mary Jo Price Janet Rosenberg Sara E. Sedgwick Donna E. Sonner Nissan North America, Foundation of J. Terry. Price Peggy & Paul Rosenblatt John S. Seehorn Nicholas W. Spangler Inc. – Nissan Middle Tennessee James H. Primm Bernie & Terry Rosenblum Ewing Sellers Robert F. Spann Neighbors Jeni Pegram Mr. & Mrs. Charles Carlton L. Ross George C. Sexton Frankie N. Spero Lori & Jay Nixon Judge Russell T. Perkins Edward Racine Scott & Heather Ross Alix Weiss Sharp, Michael E. Spitzer John Noel & Melinda Jennifer C. Peters Bridget E. Rains Ron Routson PhD, MSW Karen H. Stachowski Welton Clay Petrey Keith W. Randall G. Andrew Rowlett Bud Sharp John B. Stark Terri Nolan Mr. & Mrs. Phillip M. Michael D. Randles Abby R. Rubenfeld Tracy Shaw Chancellor Jeff Stewart Jay Norman Pfeffer and The Nancy & Harry Ransom Hiasaura R. Rubenstein Judge Russell E. Lottie Strupp Steve C. Norris Pfeffer Foundation Nancy W. Ray Mary Frances Rudy Simmons, Jr. Paul C. Stumb IV Julia P. North David J. Pflaum Shannone E. Raybon Patricia Rulon Nicholas E.R. Simons Patricia Sullivan Phillip North James & Cheryl Linda & Art Rebrovick Thomas “T.D.” Ruth Sandra Sinclair Lane Newton Summers Dr. & Mrs. Stan Nuehring Phetteplace Edward S. Ryan Martin Sir James C. Swack, Jr.

CASE STUDY • SECURING BENEFITS AND RESTORING HOPE

“Betty” was a 57-year-old client who lost her job as a bartender at a club after she had been threatened by a member with physical harm on more than one occasion. After the last incident she told the manager that she would be forced to quit her job out of fear for her safety if the member was not barred from the club. Betty had wanted to call the police after she was threatened but was instructed not to by her manager. The previous bartender had been fired after she was assaulted at the lodge and called the police. The member was not barred. Betty was told that the member would be allowed access to the bar and that she was to serve him. Betty feared for her physical safety so felt forced to leave her job and her only means of support.

While waiting for a decision and not knowing if she would receive the unemployment benefits she deserved, Betty sent a card to the Legal Aid Society office saying: “Thank you so much for believing in me. . . I was so lost and discouraged.” The Appeals Tribunal found that Betty had good cause to quit her employment and that she was eligible for unemployment compensation benefits.

By having someone “stand for her” and help secure unemployment benefits, this case had a significant impact on Betty.

She had lost her apartment when she had to leave her job and had been sleeping on a friend’s sofa ever 24 since. These benefits meant an opportunity for Betty to get back on her feet. “I first called Pat Sullivan (Receptionist) in the office. She explained to me what was going on and how Legal Aid could help me. She was very compassionate and caring. She then put me in contact with Miss Rae Anne Seay (Staff Attorney). They took care of everything and kept us from losing our home and goods. We were more than pleased with the outcome. I FOUND EVERYONE WITH LEGAL AID TO BE FRIENDLY, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND CARING. I am so glad that such an organization exists. Thanks to all and may God bless you.” – Tullahoma client

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Robert P. Sweeter Kent M. Weeks Alice A. Zimmerman In honor of Tony In memory of In memory of Gus A. Tabitha Tackett Marshall & Evelyn Weems Mary Rose Zingale McFarland William Foster Woods III Timothy L. Takacs Susan S. Weiss David & Patricia Zinn LexisNexis Justin & Kimberly Pitt Nancy & Hans Stabell Sarah Lodge Tally M. Bernadette Welch Donald D. Zuccarello Gary C. Tamkin F.M. Wentworth, Jr. In honor of In memory of In memory of Aaron Amy L. Tarkington Betty & Bernard Werthan Barbara Moss Drake Holliday Wyckoff Carlton B. Tarkington Foundation In honor of Darlene Stephen & Jamaica Adam Liff Family Rhea & Carole Bucy David Tarpley Charles Hampton White Bradley Zralek Philanthropic Fund of John & Susan Chambers James S. Tate, Jr. Linda & Ray White Neil McBride The Jewish Federation Harlan Dodson III Judge Royce Taylor Paul R. White In honor of the of Nashville and The George Grigg Family Tiffany Burford Taylor Cynthia H. Wiel In honor of George marriage of Katie Middle Tennessee Phillip Robinson Lori A. Teal Allison A. Wiemer Buxton and Ben Moss David Allen Weil II Aaron M. Rochelle Gary W. Temple Gerald C. Wigger Wm. Paul Phillips Denise & Andy Park Susan & Ashley Wiltshire Susan & Ashley Wiltshire Cynthia H. Templeton Jon Wike Rachel Marie Thomas Kristi Wilcox In honor of Jean Crowe In honor of Katie In memory of Patricia Gary R. Thompson Warren H. Wild, Jr. Julie & Heath Jones Evans Moss Townsend Meador Bob Sullivan Memorial Tom P. Thompson, Jr. Mark & Leta Wildasin Nashville Coalition Margaret & David Moss Julia Caldwell Morris Breakfast Sponsors Jacob T. Thorington Anja Williams & Against Domestic Baker Sullivan Tom Thurman Marvin Rogers Violence In honor of the In memory of Michael E. Hoover PLC J. Haskell Tidman Browder G. Williams Ngo family – Moore Bradley Arant Boult Greer C. Tidwell, Jr. Peg & Harry Williams In honor of Jim DeLanis Anh, Kathleen, Elizabeth Turney Ryan Cummings LLP Dale Tipps Justin & Barbara Wilson Olin West III Madeleine & Liam Cabana Carol & Parker Toler Stuart F. Wilson-Patton Linda M. Connolly In memory of John M. KraftCPAs Virginia Townzen Sharon B. Winkler In honor of Kevin Roberts Loeb & Loeb LLP Jeremy Dennis Trapp Thomas A. Wiseman, Jr. Doherty In honor of Rachel Chris & Jamie Cobb Milom Horsnell Crow James & Terrie Trimbach James Curwood Witt, Jr. Chlora Lindley-Myers Seifert Rose Kelley PLC Caroline T. Trost Christine M. Wohar Marc C. Goldstone In memory of Tom Nelson Mullins Riley & Truist T. Douglas M. Wolford In honor of Kevin Roehrich Scarborough LLP Barbara S. Turner Richard L. Wommack II Fowler In honor of James S. L. Lynnisse Roehrich- SunTrust Bank – Barry Turner Julie M. Woodruff Sarah Coleman Tate, Jr. Patrick Music Row Renee W. Turner Stephen M. Worsham Susan W. Foxman Wells Fargo Ronald G. Turner Melinda & Taylor Wray In honor of Bill In memory of Jim Elizabeth Adams Usman Don Wyatt Harbison In honor of Charles H. Schwentker John L. Van Cleave Aaron Wyckoff Jan Abby Liff Warfield Patrick A. McMakin, Sr. Legal Aid Society Jessica M. Van Dyke J. David Wykoff Connie W. King Agency Endowment Erica Bell Vick Mr. & Mrs. Thomas In honor of Judge In memory of Fund (through Christopher A. Vrettos Wylly II, Pam & Tom Barbara Haynes In memory of Ross Reuben Shiling The Community Justice Gary R. Wade Wylly Advised Fund Keri White Kozlowski Alderman Ann-Marie Mikkelsen Foundation of Gray Waldron of The Community Michael J. Passino Middle Tennessee) William M. Walker Foundation of In honor of the In memory of Bob Anonymous Joel Wallace Middle Tennessee birthday of In memory of Jane Sullivan Michael Kreyling DarKenya Waller Kinika L. Young Bryan Link Goodman Bell Kerry O’Neil David W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. James Robert B. Young Cathy & Kirby Pate Nancy Brower Lou & Karen Robin F. Walsh, Jr. Elaine M. Youngblood Catherine C. Sullivan Bettye Renegar Walther Jeffrey & Susan Zager In honor of Neil In memory of Betty Casey Gill Summar William S. Walton Mr. & Mrs. Julian McBride F. Boner Richard F. Warren, Jr. Zander, Jr. Fran Ansley & Jim Patricia L. Newton In memory of Donald Washburn Ruth Grace Zibart Sessions Yona Urness Robert Watson Frank W. Ziegler III Claudia & Gordon In memory of Lisa Foeb Thor Y. Urness David A. Weeks, Jr. Robert A. Zika Bonnyman Terry A. Maroney

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Beacons of Justice Joseph J. Brenner, Jr. First Farmers & Harwell Howard Hyne Nashville Bar Association United Way of Society Charles H. Warfield Merchants Bank Gabbert & Manner Nashville Bar Foundation Anderson County The Beacons of Ashley T. Wiltshire Jess O. Hale, Jr. Tim Leeper Roofing PICA Cares United Way of Justice Society – a Christopher M. Kennedy PrintNet South Central Tennessee Bedford County prestigious group of Robert J. Martineau, Jr. Premier Parking Area Agency on Aging United Way of individuals who have Sara Smith Alison Richards and Disability Franklin County advised that they Alisa S. Wamble SiteMason Supreme Court United Way of the Greater included Legal Aid Barbara Ann Williams Southwest Airlines of Tennessee, Clarksville Region Society in their will, William E. Young Stites & Harbison PLLC Administrative Office United Way of life insurance and/ UNITED WAY TechSoup of the Courts Humphreys County or estate-planning DESIGNATIONS Tennessee Alliance for United Way of document. The as reported by $1-$149 PACESETTERS Legal Services (TN Maury County Beacons of Justice 12/31/13 Anonymous 2013 GRANTS AND Dept of Children’s United Way of Society will continue Michael T. Haley CONTRACTS Services TennCare Metropolitan Nashville to shine a light on $1,000-$2,499 Kim Helper Allegra-Nashville Grier Grant) United Way of Rutherford the path to justice CHAMPIONS Sarah Ann Hiestand FOOTPrint Fund Tennessee Alliance and Cannon Counties for all and help OF JUSTICE Nancy Klausen Mash Baptist Healing Trust of Legal Services United Way of Sumner our neighbors in Anonymous John Nichols The Community (TN Dept of Human County (includes their journey from Sherie L. Edwards Jeanie Page Randall Foundation of Services SSI Macon County) surviving to living. If John J. Hancock Dawn Shaw Middle Tennessee Representation Grant) United Way of YOU have included Steven R. Stout Joe C. Davis Foundation Tennessee Bar Williamson County us in your estate $500-$999 Cynthia Lynn Street Greater Nashville Foundation (IOLTA) United Way of planning please FRIENDS OF JUSTICE Regional Council TN Dept of State – Office Wilson County notify Cindy Durham Chris Guthrie The HCA Foundation of Criminal Justice West End Home at 615-780-7125 or Lucy Honey Haynes In-kind donations Legal Aid of East Programs (STOP) Foundation [email protected]. Linda O’Neal the Bradford Group Tennessee (SOAR) TN Dept of State – Office West Tennessee Those in boldface Bradley Arant Boult Legal Services of Criminal Justice Legal Services are new for 2013. $150-$499 SUSTAINING Cummings, PLC Corporation Programs (VOCA) Cynthia A. Durham MEMBERS Cabana Metropolitan Government US Dept of Justice (LAV) Gary D. Housepian Anonymous Cindy Durham of Nashville/ US Dept of the Lynda F. Jones Bryce K. Coatney Gullett, Sanford, Davidson County Treasury, Internal Susan L. Kay Burney T. Durham Robinson & Montgomery County Revenue Service Herman O. Loewenstein John H. Espey Martin, PLLC Government

CASE STUDY • STOPPING HARM FROM IDENTITY THEFT

“Samantha” contacted Legal Aid Society about an overpayment of benefits notice she received. Her only income was Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which was reduced from $710 per month to $86 per month because the Social Security Administration (SSA) showed she had earned income. In fact, she had no earned income but had been a victim of identity theft. Someone had reported self-employment income using her Social Security number and claimed her children in order to get an earned income tax credit for three years, totaling about $14,000 in refunds. To the SSA, this meant Samantha was working when, in truth, she was only receiving disability benefits.

Samantha attempted to resolve the issue herself, filing an affidavit of identity theft with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Despite this, she could not get the SSA to resolve it. Samantha could not survive on $86 per month, and it would have had a catastrophic impact on her life. SSA wanted to wait for the IRS issue to be resolved before waiving the overpayment, but Legal Aid Society attorneys convinced the SSA that this could take years.

Samantha’s SSI benefits were reinstated just three months after she contacted Legal Aid Society, and the SSA put an alert to monitor her account for this issue in the future. 26 COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL

Howard Stringer, Chair C. Thomas (Tom) Harrington Cara Alexander Mahalia Howard Vic L. Alexander Arthur J. Rebrovick, Jr. Sumita Banerjee Joan Shayne Kenny Blackburn Mary Ruth Shell Julie Boehm Hope Stringer Iris Buhl Joni Werthan Barbara Chazen Joseph Woodson Donna Eskind Henry W. Foster, M.D.

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Clarksville Cookeville Nashville Oak Ridge 120 Franklin St Ste C 9 S. Jefferson Ave Ste 102 300 Deaderick St. Physical: 226 Broadway Ave. (37830) Clarksville, TN 37040 Cookeville, TN 38501 Nashville, TN 37201 Mailing: PO Box 5209 931-552-6656 931-528-7436 615-244-6610 Oak Ridge, TN 37831 Fax: 931-552-9442 Fax: 931-528-9350 Fax: 615-244-6186 865-483-8454 Fax: 865-483-8905 J. Kevin Fowler, Managing Attorney Marla K. Williams, Managing Attorney Gary D. Housepian, Executive Director Tracey Brown, Office Manager Amy Allen, Receptionist DarKenya W. Waller, Managing Attorney Janet E. Mynatt, Managing Attorney Kristie Crow, Victim Advoate William Bush, Attorney Claire B. Abely, Attorney – Consumer & Mary Burney, Receptionist Tina DeLacy, Secretary Rachel M. Moses, Attorney Housing Kathy Burns, Office Manager Ashley R. Graham, Attorney Beth Sullins, Secretary Bev Adcock, Community Educator Janice Campbell, Secretary Marletta Lilly, Legal Assistant Maria Elena Arvizu, Bilingual Victim Lenny L. Croce, Attorney Tabitha Tackett, Victim Advocate Advocate Mary Michelle Gillum, Attorney – Rose Barse, Secretary/Case Screener – Tennessee Taxpayer Project Gallatin Family Law Mary Lyn Goodman, Attorney Teri Bess, Paralegal-Health & Benefits Valerie Hansen, HR Administrator Columbia 650 N. Water Ave. Sue Bolling, Secretary/Intake Worker – Theresa-Vay Smith, Attorney Gallatin, TN 37066 Consumer Paula Trujillo, Outreach Worker Physical: 104 W. Seventh St. (38401) 615-451-1880 Anna Catlin, Accountant Mailing: PO Box 1256 Fax: 615-230-9952 Allison E. Cooley, Attorney – Family Law Columbia, TN 38402 Steven J. Christopher, Managing Attorney Cindy Durham, Director of Development 931-381-5533 Derria Ford, Grant Administrator Tullahoma Fax: 931-381-5541 Pat Dunigan, Secretary/Office Manager Cherrelle A. Hooper, Attorney Alysse Gregory, Pro Bono Coordinator Pat Hylton, Paralegal – Consumer 123 NW Atlantic St. David A. Kozlowski, Managing Attorney/ Krista Scruggs, Secretary/Intake Worker Tullahoma, TN 37388 Assistant General Counsel Angelina Keith, Bilingual Intake Specialist/Office Manager 931-455-7000 Lindsey Barnes, Receptionist Fax: 931-455-7003 Christie Bradford, Paralegal Barbara Gunn Lartey, Bilingual Victim Pete Frierson, Paralegal Murfreesboro Advocate Iska H. Hoole, Managing Attorney Dulcy Keefe, Secretary Maudie LeBlanc, Receptionist Norman B. Feaster III, Attorney Joshua R. Thomas, Attorney 526 N. Walnut St. Melba McNairy, Secretary/Intake Worker – Jessica Jernigan, Paralegal Shaneita Walker, VOCA Paralegal Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Health & Benefits Angie Ridings, Secretary 615-890-0905 Katie Evans Moss, Attorney – Health & Rae Anne Seay, Attorney Fax: 615-890-5274 Benefits Patricia Sullivan, Receptionist Robert B. Nadler, Attorney – Tennessee Andrae P. Crismon, Managing Attorney Taxpayer Project Karen Bush, Receptionist/Intake Worker Russell J. Overby, Lead Attorney – Health & Amelia R. Miller Luna, Attorney Benefits Mary McElroy, Legal Assistant/Office Alison Richards, Pro Bono Administrative Manager Assistant Jeni Pegram, Legal Assistant Adinah Robertson, Community Education Coordinator THANKS TO OUR Janet Rosenberg, Paralegal – Housing SPONSORS Pat Rulon, Operations Manager Audrey Dorrough Seamon, Attorney – Family Law Chay Sengkhounmany, Attorney – Medical-Legal Partnership Nicole Sibilski, Grant Writer Lucinda E. Smith, Attorney – Nashville Pro Bono Program Director David Tarpley, Lead Attorney – Consumer & Housing